“Three to five hundred square meters, the place isn’t too big, you can find it, it costs six or seven hundred per square meter, some even eight or nine hundred,” Factory Director Yang said thoughtfully after a moment of reflection.
“It’s okay, just help me find one and buy it. I can offer a budget of one million, as big as you can afford. The closer the location is to Yun City, the better, even if it’s a bit more expensive.” Chen Xihua clearly explained her requirements.
"May I ask, are you buying this to build a house to live in?" Director Yang wanted to confirm if there were any special requirements regarding the location.
The others also looked at Chen Xihua with some curiosity.
"It's alright to tell everyone, we're planning to build a company office building, and we've already bought the land." Chen Xihua said calmly. In her mind, the group company should have its own office building; renting is too restrictive.
Chen Xihua plans to locate the company headquarters in Yun City, the provincial capital, although she longs to buy a large courtyard house in Beijing. Her older sister has been searching for over a year, and while four- or five-courtyard houses seem to be unavailable, three-courtyard ones exist, but the sellers aren't in a hurry to sell.
However, making money, building a career, starting a company, and investing don't necessarily have to be done in Beijing. The geographical location of the southern province is excellent.
"An office building!" Zhang Xiaolan's eyes widened slightly, a hint of pride in her expression. Little Sister Wu was truly amazing.
Once it's built, will she be able to visit the provincial capital from time to time?
Zhang Xiaolan has already registered for the adult college entrance examination in March. The major she wants to apply to is business administration in the provincial capital.
If you are admitted, you can choose to study part-time through correspondence courses, attending classes every weekend, or study on your own at your own pace. However, you will need to take an exam at the end of the semester and pass it.
“Yes, Sister Xiaolan.” Chen Xihua raised her chin and said leisurely.
"We should be able to find places like that, as long as they're not more than one or two acres." Director Yang mentally reviewed the locations he was familiar with and quickly came up with a few options.
"Then I'll have to trouble Director Yang," Chen Xihua said solemnly and gratefully at the end.
After the meeting, Chen Xihua ordered a table of food and drinks, and the six of them had dinner at the hotel, as if she were treating several of the company's leaders and key personnel to a meal.
Ten dishes, including chicken, duck, fish and meat, such as poached chicken, steamed fish, egg rolls, shredded pork with garlic sauce, deep-fried pork tenderloin, old duck soup, braised pork with preserved mustard greens, cold pig's ear salad, cold cucumber salad, and seasonal vegetable salad.
Yangqing Hotel is the first three-star hotel in the county. It offers dishes that are famous all over the country, but it mainly focuses on large-scale dishes.
In less than half an hour, all the food was served.
The meal was served at a round table, with Chen Xihua sitting at the head of the table. To her left were Factory Director Yang and Factory Director Zhang, and to her right were her elder sister Chen Chunhua, her younger sister Lan, and Li Shisheng.
"Sister Xiaolan, Brother Shisheng, when are you having your wedding?" Chen Xihua asked with interest. Now that business was out of the question, everyone seemed to have nothing to say, so she had to speak first.
She heard that the two had already obtained their marriage certificate, but the wedding date had not yet been set.
"It was originally scheduled before the Spring Festival, but my younger brother Weibing insisted that I change the date so that he could have a holiday to go home in the spring."
He said he would carry me out the door and escort me to my wedding; if I didn't wait for him, he would disown me as his sister. That brat, after more than three years in the army, he's already learned to throw tantrums at me. Zhang Xiaolan said this angrily, but her eyes held a longing smile and a hint of worry.
Li Shisheng ate quietly to the side. Whenever he ate something delicious, he would put a piece of food into Zhang Xiaolan's bowl with his chopsticks, and then pause to look at her to see if she liked it or which dish she wanted to eat the most.
"Then I should go back to school and can't attend your wedding. I'll offer you my blessings with tea instead of wine." Chen Xihua raised her teacup to the two of them, and muttered to herself that she should prepare the wedding gift money in advance and give it to Director Zhang so she could bring it over later.
"Yes, yes, we all forgot. Let's all raise a toast to the newlyweds first, to share in their joy." Director Yang raised his glass, and then Director Zhang and Chen Chunhua also raised their glasses together.
Li Shisheng and Zhang Xiaolan quickly stood up to return the greeting. Shisheng downed a large glass of wine in one gulp, his face flushed. He didn't know if it was from drinking, shyness, or happiness; it was probably a combination of all of those.
Around 7 p.m., Chen Xihua and her sister returned home. "Dad, Mom, Xiao Liu."
There were only the three of them in the living room; the third and fourth sisters had already gone back to their rooms. It was winter, and the weather was quite cold.
Hearing the voice, Chen Baohua ran up to Chen Xihua and cheerfully called out, "Fifth Sister, Eldest Sister, you're back! Have you eaten? Are you cold?"
"Xiao Liu, we've eaten, and we're a little chilly. Don't get too close. I'll go take a shower first." Chen Xihua immediately stretched out her hands and pushed Chen Xiao Liu's shoulders to stop him in place, then turned and went back to her room.
"Father, Mother, Xiao Liu," Chen Chunhua called out, addressing Chen Lao Er and Li Yumei, who were sitting in the living room.
After the two sisters returned to their room, Li Yumei, who was in the living room, started cursing and swearing.
"With Jinhua not home, this fifth girl has started to corrupt the other sisters. Now even Chunhua has been led astray by her. What time is it for a young lady like her?" Her eyes were full of displeasure. Thinking of the two sisters who walked in unhurriedly through the door, she felt annoyed.
He muttered curses to himself, not satisfied with that, then turned to Chen Lao Er and launched into another tirade of complaints. His eyes occasionally darted toward the doorway to the Chen sisters' room, but he didn't directly curse at Chen Xihua.
Which child wouldn't inform their parents beforehand if they were going out or going somewhere? They should let them know first, give them an explanation. But Chen Xiaowu treats the house like a hotel; sometimes he's gone all day. When he remembers her, he leaves a message or has Xiaobao pass on a message.
Li Yumei had already decided to no longer concern herself with the affairs of her daughters and to pretend she didn't see them.
What's really infuriating is that whenever Fifth Sister isn't home, her little one always goes to the door to look around before every meal: "Has Fifth Sister come back yet?"
This evening, when it was time to eat, Xiao Bao checked the time first, then opened the door, stood in the corridor looking out at the entrance of the family quarters, and muttered, "Fifth Sister probably won't be back so soon. I wonder if she's bought any food outside. I'll serve it out first."
Then she went back to the kitchen, took out a plate, and started setting out food for her, saying, "This is what Fifth Sister likes to eat, take two pieces, and this too, leave some more, Fifth Sister will definitely be hungry when she gets back..."
She watched from the sidelines, feeling heartbroken and extremely unhappy. She wished she could snatch the plate of food from Xiaobao's hand and eat it all in one go.
Even she, as a mother, doesn't receive this treatment. Usually, if her son is hungry before she even gets home, she lets him eat first.
Although Xiao Bao only picks up food from a corner of the plate and doesn't touch most of it, it's still leftovers. He never serves it from a new plate first; he's such an ungrateful little brat.
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